Power BI – April 2019 – Desktop Release

The Power BI April update has seen major updates across the entire product.

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This video will give you a summary of the major updates from this month:

Reporting:

• Filter Pane improvements
• Ability to rename filters
• Filter pane scales with the report page
• Restrict ability to change filter type
• Conditional formatting for web URL actions for buttons, shapes, an images

Analytics:

• Drillthrough across reports
• Key Influencers visual now supports continuous analysis for numeric targets
• Python support is now generally available
• Partial synonym matching for terms in Q&A

Modeling:

• New DAX funtion – ALLCROSSFILTERED

Visualizations:

• rainbowGauge

Data connectivity:

• Power BI dataflows connector now generally available
• Oracle Essbase connector now supports DirectQuery and is generally available
• PDF connector now generally available
• Intersystems IRIS connector
• Indexima connector
• Solver BI360
• Paxata

Data preparation:

• Data Profiling enhancements and general availability
• Fuzzy merge performance enhancements & general availability
• M Intelligence supported in formula bar and custom column dialog & is generally available.

Other:

• Power BI Paginated Report Builder

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